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[–] Zagorath@quokk.au 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Which idea, exactly? Dark Matter is not a theory. It's the name given to the observation that things at large scale don't act in accordance with how general relativity says they should. Multiple theories have come up to attempt to explain this, broadly in two categories: new particles and changing the gravity formula. But scientists really don't have a clear idea of what the right answer is.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml -1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

They don't even clearly know what is Light.

[–] Soulg@ani.social 2 points 7 hours ago

Yes we do. Photons.